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...Crimson entries, Captain-elect Bill Drucker and Bus Curwen were the only tankmen to place. Drucker garnered a third behind Danny Dannenbaum of Yale and Tom Shand of Princeton in the 150 yard backstroke with the sparkling time of 1:37.7, only eight-tenths of a second slower than the winning pace...
Crimson natators will take part in the events but are given little chance to overtake the speedy Elli tankmen or some of the other teams that come out of the West and South with impressive records. Michigan once more will have a well-oiled machine, coach Matt Mann again having turned the trick of developing a well-balanced squad at Ann Arbor. Ohio state will also be and outstanding contender for the title that the Maize and Blue swimmers have held for eight campaigns...
Harvard's Varsity tankmen closed out a fair to middling season last Friday night, when Yale's finest swimming team in history snowed under the Crimson by a score of 55 to 20. Subsequent to the Varsity meet, the Crimson Yardlings met defeat at the hands of the Yale Freshmen...
Main hope of the Crimson tankmen is "Big John" Eusden, Sophomore star who has been winning the 50 and 100 yard free styles in most of the meets in which he has competed this year. It is doubtful if Eusden can come close to beating Howie Johnson, but he might possibly throw a surprise into the Bulldog ranks by taking a second place in his free style specialties...
Immediately subsequent to the Varsity meet, the Crimson Yardlings, paced by Captain Jim Hubbell, will meet the Eli Freshmen. Like the Crimson Varsity, the '45 tankmen are also rated as complete underdogs...